Qiao Mu frowned, but soon found that under his horrible corpse, there was a cat with messy fur, meowing at him.
Wuchang took two steps in one direction, turned into a black shadow, and jumped lightly onto the roof. He turned around and looked at him, barked twice, and wagged his tail gently.
"Huh? You want to lead me the way?" Qiao Mu was slightly stunned.
This attractive cat always collapses on the ground with a perverted look on its face, and hardly ever does anything useful, so much so that he completely forgets that the cat is essentially a demon.
"Please ask this little brother to collect Qiao Miao's body for me. I, Qiao Shuangzhao, will be back soon."
Leaving behind these words, the man and the cat quickly walked away on the eaves.
Chapter 253: Heart Demon Illusion (5k
Two black shadows, one in front and one behind, shuttled back and forth quickly on the eaves, as light as a swallow.
In broad daylight, the two shadows were so fast that ordinary people might not be able to see them clearly with the naked eye.
Qiao Mu followed behind, looking at the agile and nimble demon cat Wuchang in front of him, and a sense of surprise flashed through his heart.
This cat that sucks people has its belly almost touching the ground, but how can it still be so agile and fast
After eighty years of dream life, Qiao Mu's light Kung Fu, the Eight Steps of the Heavenly Dragon, has reached the small success of the fish leap stage. He can now step on the waterfall and climb to a height of tens of meters.
At this stage of Qinggong, one has already become able to fly over eaves and walk on walls with ease, and no matter whether one is walking on the eaves, cliff or river, one can do it as if it were flat ground.
Although he did not forget to take the King of Qin's body with him before leaving, the King of Qin's blazing gold sword he was carrying was quite heavy and would somewhat affect his lightness skill.
But this fat cat is not slow at all and can always lead the way.
Qiao Mu's mind sank into the Ouroboros Immortality Lock, and a piece of information immediately emerged in his mind.
This death rating: A (one against many, using martial arts to defeat immortals)
Lifespan lost after death: 80 (16*5) years
Remaining resurrections this week: 2/5
Current age: 375
Qi and blood: 65%
Skills: Slightly
Body Movements---Eight Steps of the Heavenly Dragon (Fish Leap, Minor Achievement)
Hard Kungfu---Iron Head Kungfu (perfect), Iron Sand Palm (great success), Dragon Tiger Vajra Kungfu (minor success)
Forbidden Techniques for Bursts --- Red Moon Blood Burning Technique (Perfect) Blood Sword Technique (Great)
..
In this life, Qiao Mu picked out several hard skills from the arsenal of Lonely City to practice. He practiced all kinds of skills, such as Iron Head Kung Fu and Iron Sand Palm, and practiced them to perfection and great success over a long period of time.
Qiao Mu also learned the "Humanity Scripture" and "Pure Yang Wuji Gong". However, it takes a long time for ordinary warriors to improve their skills in the "Humanity Scripture".
Qiao Mu has reached the seventh level. If he continues to practice, his Qi and blood will only increase by 5%... But this does not mean that the total amount of Qiao Mu's Qi and blood has only increased by 5%.
There is naturally a gap between 60% at 295 years old and 65% at 375 years old.
"According to the cultivation rules of the Human Dao Sutra, by the time I enter the eighth level, I should be 508 years old. By then, my martial arts will have broken through, and my qi and blood will surely have increased significantly."
The percentage of qi and blood actually measures the proportion of qi and blood relative to the golden period of the human body, that is, young and middle-aged people.
If one day the qi and blood of a tree reaches 100% of the ideal state, it means that its physical condition is equivalent to the young and middle-aged period of a person's life when the qi and blood are the most vigorous. There will be no loss after hundreds of years, and it can be said that the old tree is enjoying a second spring.
With this thought in mind, Qiao Mu had already climbed up the city wall in three or two steps and left the Daqin City.
The demon cat Wuchang sniffed the air carefully, then continued to chase towards the woods behind the city.
It can smell death, but as a demon cat, its other sensory abilities are also quite good.
As Qiao Mu was chasing, fog suddenly appeared in the woods behind the mountain.
Logically speaking, it was the afternoon when the sun was shining brightly, so there shouldn't be any fog.
Qiao Mu vaguely sensed something strange, but he didn't turn around, nor did he slow down his pace at all.
Are you kidding? He is so brave, how could he shrink his eggs
Qiao Mu simply called out to the demon cat leading the way in front, put it on his shoulder, and then walked forward into the mist.
In the dark woods behind the mountain.
Daozhen stared at Qiao Mu's location, his eyes flickering.
On his palm, a small sword only two fingers long was slowly turning, and runes as small as tadpoles were flowing on the sword.
The two most precious magic weapons in his hands, the Xiaoqian Sword and the Heart Demon Mirror, were both given to him by his master, Elder Qingyi.
The Xiao Qian Sword was given to him after he formed the golden elixir, and the Heart Demon Mirror has been with him for decades.
However, whether it is the Xiaoqian Sword or the Heart Demon Mirror, they are actually not only used for fighting.
This Xiaoqian sword is only two fingers long when not in use. Using it as a flying sword is actually a waste of its talent.
The Xiaoqian Sword can be transformed into a thousand. As long as the magic power is used to activate it and runes are written on the mother sword, a thousand identical sub-swords with the same runes can be created.
Using Xiao Qian Sword to set up a formation is also one of the uses, but it requires a lot of mana.
The Heart Demon Mirror, named after the heart demon, is naturally not as simple as copying the afterimage in the mirror.
The illusion array that Daozhen is going to set up today is based on the Heart Demon Mirror and uses the Xiaoqian Sword as the array to set up the Heart Demon Illusion Array.
Daozhen likes to observe ordinary people with extraordinary courage, including the Qiao family.
He had observed the Qiao family for long enough, had seen countless members of the Qiao family die, and had even killed a Qiao Miao with his own hands.
"Let me see, if it is the Qiao family, what choice will they make in the illusion of the inner demon..." Daozhen said to himself with a calm expression.
There was no complicated expression in his eyes, only the usual curiosity, as innocent as a child.
In the grove, the fog became thicker and thicker.
..
Qiao Mu, holding the Qin King Sword in his hand and the man-sucking cat sitting on his shoulder, walked into the misty grove.
Although he doesn't like death, it's not like he would run away out of fear of death.
"Now that we are here, let us make the best of it."
"Since you are here, bury my body here. I think the feng shui here is pretty good."
Qiao Mu walked into the mist, and soon his vision became clear. In front of him, there was another village, and then there was a desert. In the depths of the desert, there was a city.
"Is there a desert deep in the woods?" Qiao Mu was originally a little dazed, but he noticed something strange at the first moment and came to his senses.
In just two or three breaths, he was already in the old city deep in the desert.
This old city seems familiar. It is an isolated city in the vast desert.
"This feeling is quite like a dream." Qiao Mu looked at his hands.
The Qin King Sword in his hand had disappeared at some point, and the man-sucking cat had also disappeared without a trace. Even his own body had turned into that of a teenager in his early teens, and he had become a lot shorter.
The person in the dream was not Qiao Mu, but a strange half-grown child.
"Ah Zhen, why are you still wandering around? Don't run around during a war and don't cause trouble." A woman held the hand of Qiumu's body and walked through the streets.
The woman had a round face and was a bit plump. She was wearing red silk and it was obvious that she was not from an ordinary family.
"Let's go home."
Ah Zhen
Qiao Mu was slightly startled.
He once heard the storyteller Qianliyan talk about Daozhen, whose real name was Guzhen.
So in this dream, he was playing the role of Daozhen when he was a child? What was he up to
Is this an illusion created by immortal means? A dream
Qiao Mu couldn't guess, nor did he want to guess. Anyway, he would just take it easy, no matter what Daozhen did, he would follow suit.
This dream just hit Qiao Mu's strengths. As a person who has spent more than three hundred years in a dream, no one knows dreaming better than him... So he knows how to stay awake from a muddled dream and have a lucid dream.
At this time, he was a man of great skill and courage. He did not try to stay awake, but let himself immerse himself in the dream, as if he had really become the Daozhen of his childhood.
Then, a vague memory came to mind.
At this time, his real name was Gu Zhen, and he was a local born in Gucheng.
Gu's father was born into a local landlord family and owned a hundred acres of fertile land. After inheriting the family business, he also became a rice merchant and managed the business quite well. In the past few years, he has been doing very well and his business has been growing bigger and bigger.
Although the business is big, in the past few years when the immortal cultivators appeared in the world, he has taken the lead in opening granaries for disaster relief many times, so his reputation in this city is actually quite good.
Gu's mother was also a wealthy family in the local area, and before Gu's father became rich, the family was even more powerful.
In addition to his parents, Daozhen's family also has an older brother who is in his prime. He is a well-known knight in the city. He is good at wielding spears and sticks. After the isolated city was besieged, he joined the army.
Gu Mu pulled Dao Zhen through twists and turns through the streets and alleys, and followed the flow of people to the avenue at the city gate.
At this time, there were many people on the avenue, and many people stopped on the street and waited eagerly.
Qiao Mu also looked in the direction they were looking, and saw that the gate of the isolated city was wide open, and a group of soldiers with blood-stained armor were walking in from outside the gate.
Leading the group was a middle-aged general riding a tall horse. He had starry eyes and sword-like brows, and looked heroic yet somewhat bookish.
However, no matter how good-looking he was, half of his body was now covered in blood, and he looked obviously tired. It was obvious that the battle he had just fought was not optimistic.
The soldiers in the front had blood-stained clothes and armor, and the ones in the back were carrying corpses in carriages with their faces covered with white cloth.
"The number of soldiers returning this time is fewer again." A passerby sighed.
"After all, they are fighting against the immortals. How can mortals fight against immortals? There will always be a price to pay."
"Although they died, they all died as heroes..."
At this time, the Hundred Miles Desert had been formed for two or three years, and the remaining troops of Dayan had also been trapped in this city for two or three years.
"Stop looking." When Qiao Mu was staring at the corpse in the carriage, Gu Mu reached out and turned his head back.
"Why are you here?" At this time, a young man among the soldiers took off his helmet and looked at Daozhen and his mother. It was Daozhen's brother.
"I came to see when you will die." The woman was obviously relieved, but after seeing the young man, there was still no anger in her words.
"In the future... don't come here." The elder brother of the Gu family said in a low voice.
He was full of fighting spirit, but he still couldn't bear the thought of his horrible body being transported back if he died.
The scene changed, and in a blink of an eye they arrived at the Gu family's home.
Daozhen was squatting in the yard, teasing ants with a straw, when he turned around and heard his parents arguing from the inner room.
"We're still distributing food? Isn't our family getting enough?" It was Father Gu who was speaking. He was obviously a little upset:
"As businessmen, it's not impossible for us to earn some face and reputation by distributing grain for disaster relief. But the Gu family has done enough. What else do you want?"
The ancient mother's voice said, "Don't we have three full granaries at home?"
"It's not too much to send some food to the defenders. Who do you think we are dying for? Every time the defenders go out of the city to fight, there are many casualties."
Father Gu was angry: "Are you acting like a saint? If the food is given away, what will happen to our family?"
Gu Mu said, "There are still three granaries. We are just a few people, so it's okay to send a small amount out. I'm not asking you to give away all our own grain."
Father Gu became more and more angry: "It's not your family's food. You don't feel bad about giving it away? The outside of the city has become a desert. How much of the hundred acres of fertile land passed down by our ancestors is left? This city has been trapped for two or three years. The food in the city is getting less and less every day. Sooner or later, there will be famine. I am preparing for a rainy day."
"If we continue to besiege this city, silver and money will soon be useless. Food is the real currency. I am leaving some wealth for our Gu family. Many families have fallen into poverty during times of chaos, but our family is not that rich yet."
As a rice merchant who was born as a landlord and started his own business, Gu's father was quite visionary... However, this city was not just in an ordinary war, but had been completely isolated from the outside world. No matter how much grain you have, you can't exchange it for money, and even if you do, it's meaningless.
Gu's mother retorted: "How can soldiers fight if they don't have enough to eat? If the garrison can't hold the position, how can we survive? Your eldest son is also a soldier, why don't you think about it more?"
Father Gu's face froze, but he immediately continued to refute:
"These grains are produced from our fields. The fields were passed down from our ancestors. They are all ours. Why should we give them away for free?"
After arguing to this point, Gu's father and mother stopped quarreling in disappointment because they had noticed the two Daozhen brothers standing at the door.
The quarrel came to an abrupt end.
"Dad, didn't you distribute grain to relieve disasters a few years ago? Why are you so selfish today?" The elder brother of the Gu family was obviously a little disillusioned.
He originally thought that his father was a righteous businessman and a "great philanthropist", so he later joined the army.